Assembly of mm-scale macrobridges with carbon nanotube bundles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 356-358

  Cao, Anyuan ^a   Ajayan, P M ^a   Ramanath, G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FURNACES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VACUUM PUMPS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0043270529     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1591245     Document Type: Article

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